Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pawe·wa
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This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Algonquian
Noun
*pawe·wa
Descendants
- direct descendants:
- Central Algonquian:
- Shawnee: paweewa (“he is rich”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- related terms:
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: the first part of pawâkan/ᐸᐋᐧᑲᐣ (paaaykan, “dream spirit; figure encountered in a dream which comes to represent spiritual power”)
- Menominee: the first part of pawa·-cekan (“dream”)
- Ojibwe: the first part of bawaa-jige (“she or he has a dream”) and bawaa-jigan (“dream, vision”)
- Fox: âhpawêwa (“dream”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: baw- (“exercise power by wishing”)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: the first part of puwyakon (“dream”)
- → English: powwow (probably from Massachusett or Narragansett)
References
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN